Brick cladding assembly

Abstract

A brick cladding assembly including a metal strip from which there is punched a plurality of mounting flanges, the mounting flanges receive "brick" tiles which have side slots which receive the mounting flanges in order to secure the tiles to the mounting plate.

What I claim is: 
     
       1. A mounting plate for a brick cladding assembly, which assembly includes a plurality of tiles to be supported by the plate, with each tile having a pair of parallel edge faces, and with each edge face having a slot so that the slots are parallel, said plate being of a generally planar rectangular configuration, and having a plurality of mounting flanges extending from the general plane of the plate and adapted to supportably engage the tiles by engagement within the slots thereof, and wherein the mounting flanges comprise two sets of flanges, each set of flanges extending along a line so that the two lines of flanges are generally parallel, a first one of said sets including flanges to be engaged by the tile with inclined flange portions projecting at an acute angle away from the general plane of the plate so that upon installation of one of the tiles thereon by location within one of the slots thereof, the flange portion is resiliently deformed to securely engage the tile when the other slot thereof is engaged, after the flange of said one set, with a corresponding one of the flanges of the other set. 
     
     
       2. The mounting plate of claim 1, wherein the flanges of said first one of said sets, includes a first flange portion projecting generally normal to the plane of the plate, with said inclined flange portions extending from said first portions. 
     
     
       3. The mounting plate of claim 1, wherein the flanges of the other set of flanges to said one set of flanges, include a first flange portion extending generally normal to the plane of the plate, and a second flange portion extending towards said first one of said sets of flanges, and said inclined flange portions project towards said other set of flanges. 
     
     
       4. The mounting plate of claim 3, wherein said plate is formed of strip metal, and said flanges are punched therefrom. 
     
     
       5. A brick cladding assembly comprising the mounting plate of claim 4, and a plurality of said tiles mounted thereon.